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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Mercutio mocks the Nurse, and spins her around, the other men who witnessed it, including Romeo, and the Nurse's servant Peter, just stood by and laughed. When the Nurse later asked why neither of them did anything about it, their response was just this.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Mercutio mocks the Nurse, and spins her around, the other men who witnessed it, including joined in on the teasing, and both Romeo, and the Nurse's servant Peter, just stood by and laughed. laughed along. When the Nurse later asked why neither of them Romeo nor Peter did anything about it, their response was to help her, both men responded with just this.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the play, Mercutio merely mocks the Nurse. Here, he grabs onto her dress and spins her around, mocking her as she falls. Benvolio qualifies too, as he joined in on the teasing. Technically all of the guys in that scene, including Romeo qualify as they all laughed and played along with it.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the play, Mercutio merely mocks the Nurse. Here, he grabs onto her dress and spins her around, mocking her as she falls. Technically Romeo, Benvolio and Peter, the Capulet servant who accompanied the Nurse qualify too, as they were completely ok with it.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Mercutio mocks the Nurse, and spins her around, the other men who witnessed it, including Romeo, and the Nurse's servant Peter, just stood by and laughed. When the Nurse later asked why neither of them did anything about it, their response was just this.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the play, Mercutio merely mocks the Nurse. Here, he grabs onto her dress and spins her around, mocking her as she falls. Technically Romeo, Benvolio and Peter, the Capulet servant who accompanied the Nurse qualify too, as they were completely ok with it.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: According to the text, Juliet is golden-haired. Here she has dark hair.
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* RapunzelHair: Olivia Hussey as Juliet has waist-length hair.
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* RapunzelHair: Olivia Hussey as Juliet has waist-length hair. The popularity of the film allegedly inspired other girls to grow theirs out.
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** If you go by the Quarto, Benvolio dies off-screen and is normally absent from the play's final scenes. The film shows him mourning Romeo and Juliet in the ending.
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** Juliet is subtly aged up to be played by a sixteen-year-old actress (though dialogue about her being nearly thirteen was kept).
** The Nurse if compared to other adaptations, which cast older grandmotherly women. Pat Heywood was only 36, though that's actually the correct age for the character in the original text.
** The Nurse if compared to other adaptations, which cast older grandmotherly women. Pat Heywood was only 36, though that's actually the correct age for the character in the original text.
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** The Nurse if compared to other adaptations, which cast older grandmotherly women. Pat Heywood was only 36, though that's actually most likely the correct age for the character in the original text.
** The Nurse if compared to other adaptations, which cast older grandmotherly women. Pat Heywood was only 36, though that's actually most likely the correct age for the character in the original text.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Tybalt has a look of horror on his face when he realizes he stabbed Mercutio, suggesting that he never intended to hurt anyone. In the play, he stabs Mercutio with a CheapShot.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Tybalt has a look of horror on his face when he realizes he stabbed Mercutio, suggesting that he never intended to hurt anyone. In the play, he stabs Mercutio with a CheapShot.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the play, Mercutio merely mocks the Nurse. Here, he grabs onto her dress and spins her around, mocking her as she falls.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the play, Mercutio merely mocks the Nurse. Here, he grabs onto her dress and spins her around, mocking her as she falls.
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* GenderedInsult: After Romeo is sobbing over being exiled from Verona and then grabs a dagger to kill himself, Friar Lawrence slaps him down, rebuking him for "womanish" tears, saying he needs to act like the man he is.
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It was nominated for four UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, winning for cinematography and costume design.
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It was nominated for four UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, winning for cinematography and costume design.
design. Compare the 1936 version, ''Film/{{Romeo and Juliet|1936}}'', and the 1996 version, ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet''.
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* ModestyBedsheet: Juliet in the bedroom scene, although she does give the audience a brief flash of nipple when she gets up to change.
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''Romeo and Juliet'' is a 1968 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, based on the play ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' by Creator/WilliamShakespeare. It stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Creator/OliviaHussey as Juliet, and was the first major production to cast actual teenagers in the roles.
The supporting cast included Creator/MichaelYork as Tybalt, and Creator/LaurenceOlivier giving the opening and closing narration.
The supporting cast included Creator/MichaelYork as Tybalt, and Creator/LaurenceOlivier giving the opening and closing narration.
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''Romeo and Juliet'' is a 1968 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, based on the play ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' by Creator/WilliamShakespeare.
It stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Creator/OliviaHussey as Juliet, and was the first major production to cast actual teenagers in the roles.
The supporting cast included Creator/MichaelYork asTybalt, and Tybalt. Creator/LaurenceOlivier giving the opening and closing narration.
narration, and also dubbed the voice of the Italian actor who played Lord Montague.
It stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Creator/OliviaHussey as Juliet, and was the first major production to cast actual teenagers in the roles.
The supporting cast included Creator/MichaelYork as
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* AdaptationExpansion: The ending adds in a funeral scene for Romeo and Juliet, showing the reactions of characters like Lady Capulet, Benvolio, the Nurse and Balthasar.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The film adds extra scenes not in the text.
** At the masquerade, a Capulet singer called Leonardo sings a song called "What is a Youth", which segues into the lovers' first lines together.
** Before he leaves Verona, Romeo is seen bidding goodbye to Benvolio.
** Juliet's first funeral is shown, and Balthasar witnesses the burial.
** The ending adds in a funeral scene for Romeo and Juliet, showing the reactions of characters like Lady Capulet, Benvolio, the Nurse andBalthasar.Balthasar.
* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: Rosaline is not mentioned in Benvolio and Romeo's first scene, and most of the dialogue relating to her is cut. This makes it look like the Montagues decide to crash the masquerade ball for no particular reason. Although a scene where Romeo finds Rosaline's name on the guest list was filmed, so presumably she did feature originally (the credits contain a listing of Paola Tedesco as 'Rosalina').
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: The Nurse comforts Benvolio this way in the end scene.
* AgeLift:
** Juliet is subtly aged up to be played by a sixteen-year-old actress (though dialogue about her being nearly fourteen was kept).
** The Nurse if compared to other adaptations, which cast older grandmotherly women. Pat Heywood was only 36, though that's actually the correct age for the character in the original text.
** At the masquerade, a Capulet singer called Leonardo sings a song called "What is a Youth", which segues into the lovers' first lines together.
** Before he leaves Verona, Romeo is seen bidding goodbye to Benvolio.
** Juliet's first funeral is shown, and Balthasar witnesses the burial.
** The ending adds in a funeral scene for Romeo and Juliet, showing the reactions of characters like Lady Capulet, Benvolio, the Nurse and
* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: Rosaline is not mentioned in Benvolio and Romeo's first scene, and most of the dialogue relating to her is cut. This makes it look like the Montagues decide to crash the masquerade ball for no particular reason. Although a scene where Romeo finds Rosaline's name on the guest list was filmed, so presumably she did feature originally (the credits contain a listing of Paola Tedesco as 'Rosalina').
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: The Nurse comforts Benvolio this way in the end scene.
* AgeLift:
** Juliet is subtly aged up to be played by a sixteen-year-old actress (though dialogue about her being nearly fourteen was kept).
** The Nurse if compared to other adaptations, which cast older grandmotherly women. Pat Heywood was only 36, though that's actually the correct age for the character in the original text.
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* DecompositeCharacter: The Prince doesn't say the "for never was a story of more woe" line in the end, which is given to the narrator.
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* NiceHat: Lady Capulet is never seen without a fancy headdress on.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The film removes large chunks of dialogue from key scenes to better get across the passion and intensity of the moment (more dialogue works better in theatre rather than film) - including most of the lines after the two lovers die. Paris's death in the tomb was also cut to better serve the running time.
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* AccentAdaptation: Despite being set (and filmed in) Italy, the majority of characters speak with English RP accents - the Capulets all speaking much posher than the Montagues. The Nurse as a servant is given a light cockney accent, while Friar Lawrence is given an Irish one.
* AdaptationExpansion: The ending adds in a funeral scene for Romeo and Juliet, showing the reactions of characters like Lady Capulet, Benvolio, the Nurse and Balthasar.
* AdaptationExpansion: The ending adds in a funeral scene for Romeo and Juliet, showing the reactions of characters like Lady Capulet, Benvolio, the Nurse and Balthasar.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Male example. Mercutio (blond), Benvolio (brunet) and Romeo as light brown substituting redhead.
* {{Fanservice}}: Romeo is shown fully nude after nuptials with Juliet, and the latter has a brief glimpse of her nipples in the same scene.
* GagHaircut: At one point during his duel with Mercutio, Tybalt cuts a chunk of his hair with a sword and draws laughter from the onlookers.
* IrishPriest: Friar Lawrence is given an Irish accent, the only character with such an accent in the film. He's actually played by Irish actor Milo O'Shea.
* LettingHerHairDown: Juliet is introduced with her hair braided and wears it so for the masquerade. The first time we see it down is for the balcony scene.
* LettingHerHairDown: Juliet is introduced with her hair braided and wears it so for the masquerade. The first time we see it down is for the balcony scene.
* ManlyTears: Benvolio in an added scene where he says goodbye to Romeo after the latter is banished.
* ModestyBedsheet: Juliet in the bedroom scene, although she does give the audience a brief flash of nipple when she gets up to change.
* ModestyBedsheet: Juliet in the bedroom scene, although she does give the audience a brief flash of nipple when she gets up to change.
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The play keeps the line which says she's just turning thirteen. It's the actress who at the time was older (around sixteen).
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* AgeLift: Juliet was thirteen in the play. Here she is clearly a couple of years older, at the youngest fifteen.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Tybalt looks shocked when he actually kills Mercutio.
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While I'm at it, the rule for American And Commonwealth Spellings is "first come, first served".
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* CostumePorn: The Renaissance costumes are absolutely breathtaking and absolutely period-accurate, with hundreds of yards of elaborately pleated cotton velvet on the women and raunchy, colorful tights and codpieces on the men. It deservedly won an Oscar for Best Costume Design.
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* CostumePorn: The Renaissance costumes are absolutely breathtaking and absolutely period-accurate, with hundreds of yards of elaborately pleated cotton velvet on the women and raunchy, colorful colourful tights and codpieces on the men. It deservedly won an Oscar for Best Costume Design.
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* BlahBlahBlah: A scene starts with Mercutio saying "Blah blah blah" instead of engaging with the conversation Benvolio's trying to have with him.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ0kOi6qqHY]]
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* BlahBlahBlah: A scene starts with Mercutio saying "Blah blah blah" instead of engaging with the conversation Benvolio's trying to have with him.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ0kOi6qqHY]]com/watch?v=qQ0kOi6qqHY A scene starts]] with Mercutio saying "Blah blah blah" instead of engaging with the conversation Benvolio's trying to have with him.
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* BlahBlahBlah: A scene starts with Mercutio saying "Blah blah blah" instead of engaging with the conversation Benvolio's trying to have with him. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ0kOi6qqHY]]
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* BlahBlahBlah: A scene starts with Mercutio saying "Blah blah blah" instead of engaging with the conversation Benvolio's trying to have with him. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ0kOi6qqHY]]
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They were actually covered by their arms or her hair (at first).
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The film gained a measure of infamy at the time for featuring teen-aged Romeo and Juliet partially naked during a scene. (The urban legend that Hussey was refused entry into the film because she wasn't old enough is almost certainly false.)
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* AllPartOfTheShow: Everyone thinks at first that Mercutio, the local SadClown, is joking around after being injured by Tybalt; it is only when they check on him they realize his injuries are fatal.
* BlahBlahBlah: A scene starts with Mercutio saying "Blah blah blah" instead of engaging with the conversation Romeo's trying to have with him. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ0kOi6qqHY]]
* BlahBlahBlah: A scene starts with Mercutio saying "Blah blah blah" instead of engaging with the conversation Romeo's trying to have with him. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ0kOi6qqHY]]
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* AllPartOfTheShow: Everyone thinks at first that Mercutio, the local SadClown, is joking around after being injured by Tybalt; it is only when they check on him they realize that his injuries are fatal.
* BlahBlahBlah: A scene starts with Mercutio saying "Blah blah blah" instead of engaging with the conversationRomeo's Benvolio's trying to have with him. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ0kOi6qqHY]]
* BlahBlahBlah: A scene starts with Mercutio saying "Blah blah blah" instead of engaging with the conversation
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* CostumePorn: The Renaissance costumes are absolutely breathtaking and absolutely period-accurate, with hundreds of yards of elaborately pleated cotton velvet on the women and raunchy, colourful tights and codpieces on the men. It deservedly won an Oscar for Best Costume Design.
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* CostumePorn: The Renaissance costumes are absolutely breathtaking and absolutely period-accurate, with hundreds of yards of elaborately pleated cotton velvet on the women and raunchy, colourful colorful tights and codpieces on the men. It deservedly won an Oscar for Best Costume Design.
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* ModestyBedsheet: Juliet has one of these during a scene featuring her and Romeo in bed together, post-nuptuals. There was some controversy when Franco Zeffirelli kept a split-second shot of her breasts exposed, despite her being under 18.
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* InsertCameo: During the SwordFight, when Mercutio throws a sword at Tybalt's feet, Mercutio's shadow is actually Franco Zeffirelli's shadow standing in for him because John McEnery was sick that day (according to Creator/MichaelYork's autobiography).
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* InsertCameo: During the SwordFight, when Mercutio throws a sword at Tybalt's feet, Mercutio's shadow is actually Franco Zeffirelli's shadow standing in for him because John McEnery [=John McEnery=] was sick that day (according to Creator/MichaelYork's autobiography).
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* SilenceIsGolden: The ending has very little in the way of dialogue compared to the original text's ending.
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* WhatBeautifulEyes: The film makes a point of underscoring this on behalf of Olivia Hussey's Juliet. When she and Romeo first meet, we get a ''mind blowing'' close-up shot of Hussey's bright grey eyes.
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* InsertCameo: During the SwordFight, when Mercutio throws a sword at Tybalt's feet, Mercutio's shadow is actually Franco Zeffirelli's shadow standing in for him because John McEnery was sick that day (according to Creator/MichaelYork's autobiography).
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* ForDoomTheBellTolls: A tolling bell ushers in the dead lovers' bodies in the final scene.
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* BlahBlahBlah: A scene starts with Mercutio saying "Blah blah blah" instead of engaging with the conversation Romeo's trying to have with him. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ0kOi6qqHY]]
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* CryingWolf: Mercutio is a melodramatic jokester, so when he gets into a mock fight with Tybalt and screamed that he is dying, while making witticisms about his injury, all of his friends laugh at him. He is, in fact, dying.
* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: After she sends the Nurse out so she can talk to Juliet about an {{arranged marriage}}, Lady Capulet realizes that she doesn't really know how to talk to her and calls the Nurse back.
* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: After she sends the Nurse out so she can talk to Juliet about an {{arranged marriage}}, Lady Capulet realizes that she doesn't really know how to talk to her and calls the Nurse back.
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* CostumePorn: The Renaissance costumes are absolutely breathtaking and absolutely period-accurate, with hundreds of yards of elaborately pleated cotton velvet on the women and raunchy, colourful tights and codpieces on the men. It deservedly won an Oscar for Best Costume Design.
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* InelegantBlubbering: Both Romeo and Juliet cry this way.
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* NouveauRiche: This is how the Capulets (Juliet's family) are depicted, reflected in their stylistic choices. The Capulets and their retainers are dressed in loud, bright colors, while the Montagues (the older and more respected family of Romeo) favor more conservative clothing hues.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation:
** Paris's death is omitted.
** This adaptation leaves out Lady Montague's DeathByDespair and lets her mourn Romeo's death with her husband in the final scene.
* WidowsWeeds:
** Juliet's mother wears a black veil during Juliet's staged funeral.
** In the final scene, all the Capulets and Montagues alike wear black during the real joint funeral of the two lovers.
** Paris's death is omitted.
** This adaptation leaves out Lady Montague's DeathByDespair and lets her mourn Romeo's death with her husband in the final scene.
* WidowsWeeds:
** Juliet's mother wears a black veil during Juliet's staged funeral.
** In the final scene, all the Capulets and Montagues alike wear black during the real joint funeral of the two lovers.
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The supporting cast included Creator/MichaelYork as Tybalt, and Creator/LaurenceOlivier giving the opening and closing narration.
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* ColorCodedPatrician: The Prince wears deep purple, setting him apart from the blue Montagues and red Capulets.
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* MaidAndMaiden: Juliet is the maiden and her nurse is the old maid who is her caretaker and confidante.
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* ModestyBedsheet: Juliet has one of these during a scene featuring her and Romeo in bed together, post-nuptuals. There was some controversy when Franco Zefferelli kept a split-second shot of her breasts exposed, despite her being under 18.
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* ModestyBedsheet: Juliet has one of these during a scene featuring her and Romeo in bed together, post-nuptuals. There was some controversy when Franco Zefferelli Zeffirelli kept a split-second shot of her breasts exposed, despite her being under 18.
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''Romeo and Juliet'' is a 1968 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, based on the play ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' by Creator/WilliamShakespeare. It stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Creator/OliviaHussey as Juliet, and was the first major production to cast actual teenagers in the roles.
The film gained a measure of infamy at the time for featuring teen-aged Romeo and Juliet partially naked during a scene. (The urban legend that Hussey was refused entry into the film because she wasn't old enough is almost certainly false.)
!!This film contains examples of:
* AllPartOfTheShow: Everyone thinks at first that Mercutio, the local SadClown, is joking around after being injured by Tybalt; it is only when they check on him they realize his injuries are fatal.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Capulets wear red and the Montagues blue (or sometimes green), and the Prince's family wear somber, dark browns.
* GratuitousLaboratoryFlasks: Friar Lawrence has a desk covered in quite a few interesting-looking (and impractical) retorts and bottles, shown prominently during the scene where he is giving Juliet the sleeping potion. The shots of Juliet from Lawrence's P.O.V. make a point of showing her surrounded on all sides by the Italian Renaissance-era style glassware. Interestingly one of the items is a very anachronistic modern Erlenmeyer flask filled with blue liquid.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Mercutio and Tybalt briefly fight with farm tools.
* ModestyBedsheet: Juliet has one of these during a scene featuring her and Romeo in bed together, post-nuptuals. There was some controversy when Franco Zefferelli kept a split-second shot of her breasts exposed, despite her being under 18.
* MortalWoundReveal: Mercutio's death is played as this.
* RapunzelHair: Olivia Hussey as Juliet has waist-length hair.
* SadClown: Mercutio.
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The film gained a measure of infamy at the time for featuring teen-aged Romeo and Juliet partially naked during a scene. (The urban legend that Hussey was refused entry into the film because she wasn't old enough is almost certainly false.)
!!This film contains examples of:
* AllPartOfTheShow: Everyone thinks at first that Mercutio, the local SadClown, is joking around after being injured by Tybalt; it is only when they check on him they realize his injuries are fatal.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Capulets wear red and the Montagues blue (or sometimes green), and the Prince's family wear somber, dark browns.
* GratuitousLaboratoryFlasks: Friar Lawrence has a desk covered in quite a few interesting-looking (and impractical) retorts and bottles, shown prominently during the scene where he is giving Juliet the sleeping potion. The shots of Juliet from Lawrence's P.O.V. make a point of showing her surrounded on all sides by the Italian Renaissance-era style glassware. Interestingly one of the items is a very anachronistic modern Erlenmeyer flask filled with blue liquid.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Mercutio and Tybalt briefly fight with farm tools.
* ModestyBedsheet: Juliet has one of these during a scene featuring her and Romeo in bed together, post-nuptuals. There was some controversy when Franco Zefferelli kept a split-second shot of her breasts exposed, despite her being under 18.
* MortalWoundReveal: Mercutio's death is played as this.
* RapunzelHair: Olivia Hussey as Juliet has waist-length hair.
* SadClown: Mercutio.
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